Ms. Pat

What?

I dropped out in eighth grade.

So, you know, I had to learn just to accept.

You know, the hand I was dealt and not cry about it.

Because, you know, I can tell these stories and I can tell them in a way we all be here crying.

And then I can turn around and tell them in a way we all laughing.

And I just chose to laugh with mine.

Now, my sister been on crack for over 30 years and she's never got over some of the things that we've been through.

So everybody deal with their pain the way they want to deal with it.

I just chose to laugh.

You know, when I say I can't, my mama's boyfriend would literally molest me and my sister at the same time, and his El Camino.

And she never talks about it.

I do.

Right.

And sometimes memories will come up, and I have to call my sister because she'll be in that memory.

And I said, Maypop, do you remember this?

And to make sure, because she a big liar, to make sure I'm just not making up things, I let her tell the story and see if the same story's in my head.

Right.

Right.

That's how I know it's really happened to me.